Apparatus for making wire-glass.



Patented May 24, 1910.

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wl'l'ro I Ru. @lim S. TEMPLE.

APPLIOATION rlLnn JULY 22,1900.

L3 emilia APPARATUS FOR MAKING WIRE GLASS.

WITH ISSES VINTO! W. S. TEMPLE. APPARATUS FOR MAKING wmf: GLASS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22.1009.

Patented May 24 wnhnus n W. S. TEMPLE.

APPARATUS ron MAKING WIRE GLASS.

APPLXOATIOI FILED JULY 22, )909. 959,434. Pwnwd Mfly 24, 1910.

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mul B. TIXPLE, 0l' NEW BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA. ASSIONOR 0F ONEJHALF T0 THOIB IPILLANE. 0F NEW BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING W1 REGLASS.

To au. waom it corwern.'

Be it known that. I, WILLIAM S. Touran, of New Bethlehem, county of Clarion, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Im roventent in A )paratus for Makin Wirelass, of which t te following is t' fu l, clear, and exact description, referenembeing had to the accompanying drawin in whichlgure 1 is a lan view of one form of apparatus em ying my invention; Fig. 2 is n action on the line II--II of Fig. l; Fig is a similar view on thc lino lllwlll of, ig. "2; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the rolls and their bearin vs; Fig. 5 is a sectional vie'w through the rol a showing the wire in pocitionat the beginning of the formation of the sheet. of glans' Fig. tl in a aide elevation of thc clam i ,or centering the 'wirc when starting to ortu a ahcct of rglass: ltig. 'lisa plan view of the name, and "ign, ts' and 9 lelie enlarged detail views of thc forming m IMy invention' has relation to apparatusfor the manufacture of wire glam-i tu which the wire is' embedded in the central portion of the sheet of glas-H, and in deaiwncd to pu vide' improved ap aratua of this character in which the wire ai guided between the two forming rolls.

Another object of tn v invention is to so Iconatruct. the guides for the wire that they may hc readily adjusted to talco in vanion`- wit tia-cof wire, further in providing meenl whereby the roliaI may be adjusted no an to IfortnI ahi-ets ol' glass ol' various-s thickness-a.

INnothcr object of tn v invention ist' to pro- 'vido a table to receive the -heet of glueA i after it passim between the fortuinr rlf which is moved tmnarerscly under sand rolls al the aulne' rate of npecd as the speed ot' the fortuin r rolls-t so as to receive the sheet ot' glass rom the rolls without buckling or at retelling t hc came.

Still another,chjcct oi my invention in to provide a table nhich ia mounted on a truck which i in tarn mounted on rails. which` is adjustable so that the. height ot' tho table may be tarn-d.

"he precise nature ot' my invention will be heet alalcrstfmd by rcl'crencc to thc accompanying drawingawhich will now he dc- -scribed, itl being premsedy.however thut. various-i changea muv he made in the details of construction, and general arrangement of Bpeetcatlon o! Letters Patent.

Appltoltton Med July 22. 1909.

ntcntcd Muy 24, i010. sono ne. seams.

'thc parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, as dclinmI in the ap )ended claims.

ln the drawings the numeral 2 designates' the housings of the machine, and mounted. in the hearings 3 and 4 which are supported on tho housings arc the ren wctive. rolls 5 und ti. Secured to each end ot each of these rolls 5 and tl arc t'hc langed collars 5 nud tl respectively. These collars-x are about onehalf the. thickness of tho sheet ol' ghisa to be rolled, and tho space lwtwcen their flanges is abouty equal to tho thicltncet-'s o[ thc wire cloth. 'l`he distance between llangea on each roll is equal to thel width of glare; to be rolled. 'l'hc hearingl l nrc mounted in guides on the houain ya and passing through thc lower member otbench of these Hearings is a screw threaded rod i'. Une. cnd of this rod extends through a lug S projecting from the housings .2, and the other cud extends into the hearing tl. Secured to this rod 7 neal' each of itI ends and arranged to bear uguitmt the inner t'uce of the lng H and tho face ol' the. hearing 2l are thc collars .l, which collars prevent any longitudinal movement of thc rod.

As can he seen hy reference to ltig. 4, the portion otthe rod 7 which extends through the bearin'r t is screw threaded as .shown at. ttl: and it also screw threaded :it the central portion of the rod between the. bearings I'. and t aindicatetl at ll. 'lhe latter Icrew threaded portion in eotnpmed of threads of one-half the pitch as the threads lt). Surroundhn.r thc screw threaded portion lt) and scctllctl tu the bearing -l is the tml. l2, ulnl nnrronnding thc .-crew threaded portion ll is a nut ll. i

Mounted above the rolls 5 und t in a frame ll havin"r downwardly projecting coda which rest. on thc lanl'illgn ll nlnl 4. litlt'lt clnl ol' this l'rame in provided with an nrtn lf, and thc end of nach of thc-c urina is. secured to thc nat lit. ll'r rotating the rod 'i'. tho bearing -l and the frame Il will be either advanced toward or tnmcd away fl'Ulll the roll thc roll ti is ntorcd tnicc the di tance dnritu.r each rotation ot' thc rod an the movement. given to theI l'rnmc ll. 'I'hin frame in also provided with longitudinal hara ll which extend along the to i of the rollal and t' and nrc euch provided with u series ot' oritices li' for the pnrpoar` hereinafter described.

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ltlli Projecting upwardly along the outside of the housings 2 arc the uprights 18, and mounted in suitable bearings in the upper end of these uprights is a rod It), provn ed with collars 20, between which is secured a roll of wire mesh 2l. Journa led iu these. npri lits and slightly below the rod it) is un idle roller :52. Secured to the upper poi tion of the ends of the frame il aiul at the cent-er thereof is the bai' :13, havin'r i. slot 24 through the center thereof through which the wire cloth 2l aisses. Mounted on this frame 14 and heh in position on the bars 14' by means of the pegs .25 are the members 26. lhese members t'i together with lon yitudinal members 1.4 and the rolls 5 antiqt forni a. hopper to receive molten glass.

Q6 are vertical slotsin thc members 26 in line with the Slot 24, which form guides for the ed 'es of the wire cloth. Below tie rolls 5 and ti are the rails 2T which may be secured to strin vers or ties embedded in the t'loor or grouin Mounted on these rails' is a trtick 28 havin wheels .29 which roll on the track 27. ivotally connected to one end of this truck are the pariillel arms 30. The other end of each of these arms is provided with a roller 3l and each of the :ollci's bears against. the bottoni rail 32. livotall connected to the other end of each of tlics'e rails and above the pivotal points of the levers 30 are the paralel levers 33. 'lhe levers 30 on each side of the truck are pivoted to cach other as indicated ut 34. Passing loosely through the other end of these levers 33 is the shaft 35. and secured to each end of this shaft is a pinion 36 which meshes with the teeth of a rack 3i' secured to tho top of the truck 28. livotally connected to each end of this sliaftbi is a dog which dogs are normally iu engagement with the teeth of the racks 37.

4t) is a table foi' receii'in'lr the sheet of glass, which table is provided with the wheels tl which rest ou the rails 32.

Secured below the rollers 5 and and hetweeii the. housings of the machine is an ndustable guide l2 which is pivoted to the musings at 43 ainl is provided with slots H to receive. bolts 45 to clamp the guide in its adjusted position.

Secured to the shaft of the roller :'i are the loose and ti lit pulle s -tti aiul .47, und secured to the s iaft of t ie roller .'i uro the spur gears t8 which mesh with the spur gears lil on the Shaft of the roller t3.

.lournaled on a stud 50 on each of tl'ie housings of the machine is a gear wheel a'ii which meshes 'with one. of the gear wheels 4H. and secured on euch side of the truck 2S is a ruck 52 each of which is engaged by the teeth of one of the gear wheels 5l.

53 is a gas supply pipe which is provided with the burner pipes' .'ilniul Til-thc )ipc fil being adjacent to the lguide 42 the ame of which strikes the lower side of the sheet. of glass while the pipe 55 lies above the. sheet of glass when it is moved along as hereinafter described.

56 is an annealing furnace which may be, 7

lof any well known construction. ln this case l have shown it. as being provided with a turn-table 57 mount'cd on the circular,- track This turn-table is piovided: with :i series of taugentially disposed track's 5t), 7.5

onel set of which is always ni alincinent witli the short. rails (30, extending through tho opening (il of the furnace. 'lliese rails 60 are also in ahnenient with the adjustable railsl 32, and when the alicei of glass has been 30 placed upon the table 40,-the table and the In Figs. t' nml 7, I have shown one form c5' the end of "M" eent s of one so" thumb-.screw 64 which bears against a spring 95A 65,'which in turn bears against a-washer 66 m engagement with the other member trl.

'lhe operation is as follows:l The rolls are, first. provided with collars 5 und 6* tively, of the proper width and thicknesl i'i.

and tlicv are then adjusted so that the proper thickness of lass will be rolled,.the end members 26 of the hopper are then placed in their proper edges of the wire clot tho adjusting of the roll will move the fi'aine. 14 so that thc conter thereof is drectly above the centen-between thc two rolls. 'lhe wire is then passed between the rolls position to guido the As above stated; 1t

and the end is clamped between the clamping members 62, the \vii'c cloth is then rolled backward so that the clamping members will be drawn between the two rolls as shown in l"ig.,i"i. and thereb center the wire cloth between the rolls. justed to its proper hoi ht. by nini the dogs 38 and rotating the s aft. 85 whi will Aelevate or lower the rails 82 to the desired point, afterwliich the dogs 88 are dropped so as to enga table in its agjiisted position.' Glass is now poured into the hopper and the belt is thrown from the loose to the tight pulley to rotate the rolls. This rotation of the c table is now ndliti the racks 37 and retain thc 1z0 rolls will also move the truck 28 and with 126 it the table 40 in the direct-ion of the arrow on Fig. 2. After all of the glass which has been thrown into the hopper has passed be# tween the rolls.4 the cloth is sheared and tho track is moved toward the furnace and the 13u table shifted from the track 32 to the turutable 57- in the furnace. 'lhe glass in pas in downward from the. rolls to the table strikes the [.uido 42 and is delhwted to the platform 32 into the ftunace, the truck is rear of thatV shown in Fig. 2 and another table is placed on this platform uml the operation is repeated to form the next. sla-et o lass. r

'l e advantages of my invention result from the provision of means whereby the thickness as well as the width of the sheetI of glass can readily be varied. Further in lproviding means whereby the table is tnoved transversely under the forming roll at the same speed as the speed of the glass passing between the forming rolls. Further in roviding an adjustable guide below the ro lers to deflectc the sheet of Also in the revision o adjustable means for varying t e height. ofV the table to meet.

the reqirements of various conditions which .may be caused by the thickness of the glass,

as well as to line up the table supporting i1 rails with the rails extending through the= opening in the furnace.

I olann:

l. A paratus for the umnul'acture. of wire g ass, a movable table, a pair of forming rolls, means on the rolls for engaging both sides of the wire cloth to feed 1t forwardly, means to feed molten. glass on each side of the wire cloth between the rolls, and means for rotating the rolls and moving,r the table at the same speed; substantially as described.

2. Apparatus for the mauufaetureof wire glass, a movable table, a pair of fortuin' rolls, means on the rolls for engaging bot t sides of the wire cloth to feed it forwardly, means to feed molten glass on cach side of the wire cloth between the rolls, and gearing for r tating the rolls and moving tho table at the same rate of speed; substantially as described.

3. Apparatus for the manufacture of wire. glass, a movable table, means to adjust said table vertically, means on the rolls for engaging both sides of the wire cloth to feed it forwardly. means to teed molten glass on each side of the wire cloth between the rolls, and means for rotating the. rolls; substantially as descrilxzd. i

l. Apparatus for the manana-.ture ot' wire glass, a lon ritudiually movable platform, a longitudina ly movable table mounted ou the platform, a lair of forming rolls, means to adjust the platform vertically to adjust lass to the table.l

l track, u second track vfor sul the height ol' the table with relation to the rolls. means l'or rotating the rolls and moving the tublc at the salue rate ol speed. alul means for feeding wire cloth and molten glass between thc rolls; substantially as described.

A\pparatus for the manufacture of wire. glass having a table. mounted on a track` au adjustable platform for supporting said porting said adjustable table, a pair of ortuingrolls, nu-aus for feeding wire cloth uml glass bctween the rolls, and means for rotating the rolls and moving the platform at. the same rato of speed; .substantially as described.

tl. Apparatus for the. manufacture ol' wire glass, a table movablj,l mounted on a track, toggle levers connected to said track uml to a movable. truck, and means to adjust said toggle levers to raise uml lower the track;

. substantially as .lcscrilmd. I 7. Apparatus for the nnmul'acture ot' wire glass, a table to receive a sheet of glass, a pau' of forming rolls, a hopper above sind rolls, guides nl said hopper to receive wire guides simultxuu-ously; lsutbstantially as dcscribed.

ts'.` .'\pparatus for the untnufacture of wir.`

l glass, a table to receive n sheet. of glass, u

pair of forming rolls. a hopper above said rolls, means to adjust the ends of the hopper to len ftlu-n or shorten said hopper, guides in saiil hopa-r to receive wire cloth, and meansl to unjust. the rolls simnltaneamsly; substantially as described.

tl. Apparatus for the manufacture of wire glass, a table |novably tno|tnted on a track, toggle leversI connected to said track and to a movable truck, und rack and pinion connections to adjust said toggle levers to raise uml lower the track; substantially as doscribed.

l0. Apparatus for themanufacture of wire glass, a movable table, a pair of forming trolls, a hopper above the forming rolls and arranged to receive molten glass, and removable collars ou the. ends of both ol` the rolls arranged to form edge stops for the sheet ol' glass, atnl to engage alul feed the wire cloth; substantially as described.

l l. Apparatus for the manufacture of wiro glass, a movable. table a pair of forming rolls. a hopper above the forming rolls and Parraured to receive molten glass, and removable. collars on the ends of both of the rolls arranged to form flanged edge stops for the `dieet. of glass aml to engage and feed the wire cloth; substantially as described.

lL'. Apparatus for the nntmlflu'tureof wire glass. a pair of forming rolls, a'ho per above tlurolls arrangtal to receive mo ten glass, means to guide wire cloth centrally within said hopper, and reniovable edge stops on the ends of both rolls arranged to form edge cloth. and lncuns to adjust the rolls and' the two rolls; substantially as described.

13. Apparatus for the manufacture of wire glam, a pair of forming rolls, a ho per libove the rolls urrun red to receive lino ten glass, means to gui( e the wire cloth centrally within said hopper. and removable tlanixed edge tops fol' the heet of lum ul'rnn e1 to engage and feed the wire c oth centra y bel tween the rolls; l-mbrstantiully as described. l

14. Apparatus for the manufacture of wire glass, a pair of forming rolls edge stops on the rolls for the sheet of glass, a hopper stops for the sheet of glass und to engage above the rolls arranged toreoevethemoltnn u, am feed the wuc cloth ceutrall) between glass. means on the hop )er to ide the wire cloth centrallv between t e rol s and the stops, n table ranged to receive the sheet of means to move said table under the rolls; substantially located below the rolls n en muy .g es. ascribed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto et my hund.

WILLIAM S. TEMPLE.

Witnesses:

Damm. M. Genn', TILLuc Kapu?. 

